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Faster Than Normal

Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain

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Faster Than Normal

By: Peter Shankman, Edward Hallowell - introduction
Narrated by: Peter Shankman, Bernie Wagenblast
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A refreshingly practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD

Peter Shankman is a busy guy -- a media entrepreneur who runs several businesses, gives keynote speeches around the world, hosts a popular podcast, runs marathons and Iron Mans, is a licensed skydiver, dabbles in angel investing, and is loving father to his young daughter.

Simply put, he always seems to have more than 24 hours in a day. How does he do it? Peter attributes his unusually high energy level and extreme productivity to his ADHD.

In Faster Than Normal, Shankman shares his hard-won insights and daily hacks for making ADHD a secret weapon for living a full and deeply satisfying life. Both inspiring and practical, the book presents life rules, best practices, and simple but powerful ways to:

Harness your creative energy to generate and execute your ideas
Direct your hyperfocus to get things done
Identify your pitfalls--and avoid them
Streamline your daily routine to eliminate distractions
Use apps and other tech innovations to free up your time and energy

Filled with ingenious hacks and supportive self-care advice, this is the positive, practical book the ADHD community has long needed - and is also an invaluable handbook for anyone who's sick of feeling overwhelmed and wants to drive their faster-than-normal brain at maximum speed...without crashing. Neurodiversity Psychology & Mental Health Time Management Personal Success Inspiring Personal Development Psychology Mental Health Attention Deficit Disorders Add Productivity

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"Peter is a pioneer, an adventurer, an inventor and a seer. His advice is the best kind of advice. It is advice learned in the trenches, in the arena, on the fields of life."
--Edward Hallowell, MD, from the Foreword, bestselling author of Driven to Distraction

“Peter Shankman is living proof that living outside the bell-shaped curve, combined with a drive to succeed, can produce amazing results.”
--Jordan D. Metzl, MD, author of The Exercise Cure

“While ADHD may be considered a ‘deficit’ to some, Shankman positions it as an attribute within the context of our immediate future. ADHD is a unique gift of creative synthesis that makes sense only inside of the complex digital networks and hyper-stimulation that now defines us.”
--Amanda Steinberg, CEO, Worth Financial and author of Worth It
Practical Advice • Helpful Strategies • Engaging Narration • Personal Experiences • Motivational Approach

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Fast piced information which kept my attention expecially with the first chapters. Will definitely listlen again the book.

Found myself in many of Peter's stories

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As an adult with ADHD, I’ve read dozens of books on the subject, and walked away with a handful of useful tips. The difference in this book, is it changes how you view your ADHD. Peter Shankman acknowledges the downsides, but teaches us how to put our gift to work for us. It begins by changing how we think of ADHD. He uses his own trials as lessons we can begin to try and refine to make it work for us. I have so many bookmarks saved. So much valuable information to sort through. I have already begun to implement some of the strategies he discusses and I finally have real hope!!

A game changer

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Very nicely written. I listen to audio books. The narration is awesome. Simply one of the best books for ADHD, and also for others to improve efficiency and cash time. I would listen to several times to get it into my lifestyle. I encourage people without ADHD to listen to this (or read it, especially if you are not ADHD). I also advised my colleague and friend to read this book. I have not yet completed it, but I would surely. I am looking forward to start listening to his podcast and buy other books too. I have already started implementing few things from it i.e. taking frequent small breaks for dopamine regeneration, exposing my self to nature (lakeshore in chicago, parks many other nature based stuff), and healthy diet and avoiding "trigger locations" under the sun...Thx Peter Shankman.

Pragmatic, science based, encouraging, energizing

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I've read/listened to a handful of highly-rated books related to focus & productivity—several of which were written by and especially for those diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. Although each book has helped me Learn more about myself, My weaknesses, and strategies to overcome them, None were as insightful & rewarding as this one!
Unlike the books and resources I came across before, this was far more than a list of strategies and a few "Real world examples" To apply them. It was something about Peter’s personality & the way he approaches this heavily-stigmatized condition that resonated with me on a more personal level. This book and his weekly podcast episodes, which I listen to religiously, have radically changed my outlook on my diagnosis.
I spent a majority Of my life thinking I was weird and wondering 'why can't I sit still in class as long as the other kids?' Or why I barely retained ANY information I read but could recall nearly every detail, a week later, If my mom read the assignment out loud as I paced around the kitchen?
I was diagnosed ~5 years ago and, Until recently, still felt alienated for my peers & ashamed of my "disability.” Reading this book was the first time in my entire life that I genuinely began to view ADHD in a positive light. Additionally, listening to his podcast & hearing life stories from all kinds of immensely successful, tremendously inspirational people with the same or similar diagnosis has made me realize I'm far from alone or an 'outcast.'

TL;DR: I highly recommend this book (and his podcast) to anyone with ADHD/ADD, Dyslexia, or both who would like to start using their ’Faster Than Normal’ brain as a blessing, NOT a curse!

An Absolute Game Changer!

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This author's life mirrored my own. Well done writing this book. It has opened my eyes

hit the mark, this author pretty much nailed it

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